5 Sights in Fortaleza, Brazil (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Fortaleza, Brazil. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 5 sights are available in Fortaleza, Brazil.

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1. A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The church is headquartered in the United States in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has established congregations and built temples worldwide. According to the church, it has over 16.8 million members and 54,539 full-time volunteer missionaries. As of 2012, the church was the fourth-largest Christian denomination in the United States, and reported over 6.7 million US members as of 2021. It is the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith during the early 19th-century period of religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening.

Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (EN)

2. Praça Gustavo Barroso

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Gustavo Adolfo Luiz Dodt da Cunha Barroso was a Brazilian lawyer, writer and politician associated with Brazilian Integralism and antisemitism. He was also known by the pseudonym João do Norte. Being considered a master of Brazilian folklore, he was the first director of the National Historical Museum and one of the leaders of the Brazilian Integralist Action, being one of its most prominent ideologists.

Wikipedia: Gustavo Barroso (EN)

3. Igreja Presbiteriana de Fortaleza

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The Presbyterian Church of Fortaleza is a Presbyterian Protestant church linked to the Presbyterian Church of Brazil, in the city of Fortaleza. It was the first Protestant church in the state of Ceará, founded on July 8, 1883 by reverend De Lacey Wardlaw of the Southern Church Mission Board, Nashville - TN, United States. At the time of the foundation, it had 12 members.

Wikipedia: Igreja Presbiteriana de Fortaleza (PT), Website

4. Casa do Português

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The Portuguese House is a house on Gem Avenue in a fortress listed as the city's historic heritage in 2012. Portuguese farmer and businessman Jose Maria Cardoso built it on June 13, 1953 to house his small family, consisting of only his wife and only son-and he did not accidentally give the property the name of the village of Saint Anton. This name will become a village.

Wikipedia: Casa do Português (PT)

5. Farol do Mucuripe

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Farol do Mucuripe David Moraes de Andrade / CC BY 3.0

The mucuripe Lighthouse, a lighthouse in the Brazilian Fortress municipality, was built between 1840 and 1846 by slaves of masonry, wood and iron. It represents one of the oldest fortress buildings. For a long time, ships here have reference. But the old Sea Eye, as it is known, was discontinued in 1957. The lighthouse sheltered the Fortress Museum at a certain time.

Wikipedia: Farol do Mucuripe (PT)

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